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Thursday, March 15, 2007

Vote for Your Favorite New Shaw Business

Vote in Shaw Main Streets’ second annual Best New Shaw Business of the Year contest! All new businesses to the area that opened in 2006 are eligible (businesses that relocated within the area and service businesses not located in retail locations are not eligible).

The business that receives the most votes will be recognized as the Best New Shaw Business of 2006 at the Shaw Main Streets Annual Meeting on March 20, 2007, at 6:30 PM at Shaw Junior High School’s Percy L. Ellis, Jr. Auditorium, 925 Rhode Island Avenue, NW.

WOW--It’s impressive to see the number of new places setting up shop in our great neighborhood!

To cast your vote for your favorite new business, just send an email to info@shawmainstreets.com with the name of your favorite new retail business of 2006 in the subject line and your name in the message no later than 12:00 PM on Monday, March 19, 2007, in order for your vote to be counted. Only one entry per email address will be accepted.

Be sure to let your favorite business know you voted for them, and plan to attend the Shaw Main Streets Annual meeting to see which new business won the award.

Old Dominion Brewhouse isn't owned by the Virginia-based brewing company. I met the owners about a month ago, and they're really great people who have added a new element to our neihgborhood (with substantial personal investment/risk). Regardless, they aren't in the running for Best New Business of 2006.

I popped into Old Dom for a couple of beers yesterday for the 1st day of the tourney. It is a cool place and one of those predictable places. I do like it in the neighborhood. But I'm afraid of the extremes I'm seeing. Old Dom is that suburb style of place, Vegetate is a niche audience - where are the cool indie stores/restaurants/bars that cater to the basic city person. Personally I'd like to see Shaw develop more like the lower east side of NYC then DC's Chinatown. And I think it is going to take some more stylish/indie places to make that happen. > end my 2 cents <